UAE/Dubai: Hamdan Bin Mohammed steps up public activities

Crown Prince of Dubai Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al-Maktoum continues to take on a more prominent public role and has been particularly active in recent weeks. On 21 February he received the UAE’s first astronauts, Hazza Al-Mansoori and Sultan Al-Neyadi, in his role as chairman of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre. The two men were selected among 4,022 applicants to the UAE Astronaut Programme launched in 2017.